I think the attempt was to make a more modern mark, but I’m not feeling it with “somewhere over the rainbow” Is this fresh? Is this memorable? I personally think it will get lost in all the other similar app icon design – I give it a 3 out of 10…. your thoughts?
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Grandma Richardson holds a tradition decades old A family Christmas tale, finally told The making of this most nostalgic treat Tells a story more meaningful than any holiday sweet It begins with a Grandmother quite special to me Who made the holidays as magical as could be In her little yellow home, alive with garland
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How would Dolce & Gabbana design a fragrance for men based on characters from comic books? Digital design studio Animink attempted to answer this question by designing a series of Superhero ‘Serum’ Cologne bottles. By examining how the Dolce & Gabbana brand is applied to real products, Animink was able to make the entirely fictional
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Massimo Vignelli, the renowned designer who died Tuesday at the age of 83, had that chance a thousand times over. This is the timeless work of the man who made NYC’s iconic subway map
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This recently discovered book is all abuzz on design blogs across the interweb… and for good reason. This is pretty amazing! The book called Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau (which according to Google Translate, translates to “Treaty of colors used to paint water”) is right around 270 years old and is
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That’s right, Getty Images recently deiced to make over 35 million of their photos free for non-commercial use with a new HTML embed option. When used, the image is embedded with the photographers credit and shareable options under each image. This is the way images found online should be done in the first place but
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Haha check out this little gem from 1981 about the revolutionary idea (we take for granted now) of getting the news sent to your computer. At the time of this video the process took 2 hours to get all the text from a newspaper and now it’s updated to the min or even second.
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Most of you know the tale of the Christmas Pixies. Some are sent by Santa to keep an eye on boys and girls to see if they were naughty or nice. Others, known as Knee-Huggers, squirrel themselves away in unexpected places to alert Santa when the coast is clear to deliver his gifts. BUT, we
Today Google is honoring Raymond Loewy and what would be his 120 birthday. I think Google did an awesome job (as usual) incorporating their logo into the daily “Doodle” on their home/search page. It looks like a drawing you would pull out right out of Loewy’s portfolio. I remember learning about Raymond Loewy in design
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